7 VPNs That Unblock Netflix in 2019

Whether you need them to unblock VPN or just bypass geo-restrictions, you can’t go wrong with the following.

Below are the VPNs that still unblock Netflix through their streaming servers:

1. NordVPN – Best VPN for Streaming Netflix USA

6/6 tested servers unblocking Netflix

In our test, we found the following NordVPN servers unblocking Netflix:

United States (New York and Chicago)

United Kingdom (2 servers)

Netherlands

Canada

Panama-based NordVPN was launched in 2008 and quickly became one of the most highly rated, often-featured VPNs in rating sites. Located in an independent country with nearly 5,200+ servers spread across 60 countries, NordVPN has a lot to offer — including Netflix.

The company’s website features an article that keeps a running tab on which of their servers are working for Netflix. Currently, the countries with working Netflix servers are the United States, Canada, Japan, France, the UK, and the Netherlands.

All of the servers worked in our testing, providing good connections. NordVPN is one of the more reliable VPN providers for unblocking Netflix, and therefore has a lot of users.

4. LiquidVPN – 4/6 Servers Unblocking Netflix

In our test, we found the following LiquidVPN servers unblocking Netflix:

United States: New York

Canada

United Kingdom

Netherlands

Wyoming-based LiquidVPN makes its stance on Netflix clear: its very first feature in the homepage reads “Unblock Facebook, Twitter, Google, Netflix, and websites that are only available in specific regions from wherever you are in the world.”

The website also includes an article on how to unblock Netflix using the VPN. Unlike other providers who shy away from admitting that they’re attempting to circumvent the Netflix block, old support tickets demonstrate that the VPN provider is actively trying to bypass the ban. We were able to access Netflix content on every server we tried.

5. PrivateVPN – 4/6 Servers Unblocking Netflix

Stockholm-based PrivateVPN has a custom-built VPN specific for Netflix. According to the provider, the VPN is built specifically to allow access to the entire U.S. catalog of titles.

In addition to the special Netflix server, PrivateVPN has a guide on how to unlock Netflix from your native account, which includes a list of servers which might allow you to access the streaming service — suggesting that while they keep the list updated, it’s possible that it could change any time. We were able to access Netflix from several of the servers on the list, including the two in the U.S.

6. StrongVPN – 4/6 Servers Unblocking Netflix

We found the following StrongVPN servers unblocking Netflix:

United States: New York

United States: Chicago

Canada

Netherlands

Originally a PC selling company from South Lake Tahoe, California, today StrongVPN operates one of the most comprehensive VPN provider networks in the industry, with over 650 global servers and customers in 26 countries. Two of the U.S. servers we tried — New York and Chicago — had no trouble accessing Netflix. We were also able to bypass the proxy error in servers in the Canada and the Netherlands.

7. VPN.ht – 4/6 Servers Unblocking Netflix

We found the following VPN.ht servers connecting to Netflix:

United States: New York

Canada

United Kingdom

Netherlands

VPN.ht, a Hong-Kong based provider, is largely focused on protecting privacy and allowing access to blocked content. It’s no surprise, then, that the company calls out the ability to access Netflix specifically on their homepage. And it worked — in our testing, VPN.ht was able to access Netflix from six servers in five countries.

7 Popular VPN Providers That Don’t Work With Netflix

1. TunnelBear servers blocked by Netflix:

United States

Canada

United Kingdom

Netherlands

TunnelBear, a VPN provider located in Ontario with the stated goal of bringing “the benefits of privacy to everyone,” wasn’t able to provide a connection to Netflix from their U.S., Canada, U.K. or Netherlands servers.

Unlike many providers, Romanian-based VPN.ac makes no mention of content unblocking or content access on their features page.

In a blog post published after Netflix’s 2016 announcement, the company said they had “seen [the block] coming” following Netflix’s global expansion, and that they found the lack of Netflix transparency around their regional content offerings to amount to “false-advertising.”

A further statement notes that the reason Netflix blocked VPNs in the first place — and the behest of the content owners — was an “archaic entertainment distribution model.”

3.Private Tunnel servers blocked by Netflix:

United States: New York

United States: Chicago

Canada

United Kingdom: London

Netherlands

Private Tunnel, a California-based VPN provider, wasn’t able to connect to any of the Netflix servers we tested — a limitation the company knows about and isn’t attempting to fix.

Kaspersky Secure Connection VPN is powerhouse antivirus company Kaspersky’s first foray into the VPN space. Users of the VPN service have put in support tickets related to Netflix last year, suggesting that the service may have once worked to unblock streaming; it currently doesn’t.

Founded in 1988 and headquartered in the Czech Republic, Avast is a multinational cybersecurity software company that manufactures everything from VPNs to antivirus protection.

Their VPN, Avast SecureLine, boasts the ability to unblock content — specifically, their website notes that, with SecureLine, you can “Enjoy your favorite TV shows as you choose.” However, we found that Netflix was blocked on all the servers we tried.

The tagline for F-Secure, noted directly on their homepage, is “Protect your privacy. Access blocked content.” which makes it somewhat surprising that all the servers we tried — five in total — were blocked.

Digging deeper, we found that the site issued a statement from 2016, following the ban, which they still reference in support forums today. It says in the statement that they have limited ways to prevent third-party blocking, and expect customers to respect third-party terms.

Germany-based Hoxx VPN mentioned the ability to bypass blocked websites, and makes reference to “geo-based content,” but doesn’t mention streaming specifically, and we were unable to access Netflix using it.

Conclusion

The war between Netflix and VPN providers following the ban hasn’t been pretty, with VPN users declaring that they’re canceling their Netflix subscriptions as a result of the ban to VPN providers desperately trying to find workarounds only to be blocked again.

Until the licensing model changes — or until Netflix can find a way to make all of their content globally available, the goal they mentioned in their 2016 statement announcing the ban — it’s a war that will continue to rage.

About Express VPN, you can see what’s on US and UK Netflix, but you can’t view the content. It’s July 6, and I just tried. Close, but no dice. Just being able to see the content list doesn’t meant it works.

You should test different servers. When we used ExpressVPN during our Netflix test, we also made sure we can actually stream the video. I recommend trying again and changing servers. Express should definitely work with Netflix 🙂

One VPN that should be included and is WINDSCRIBE. It works with Netflix, however, it doesn’t work with Amazon Prime Videos. ExpressVPN flawlessly with both Netflix and Amazon Prime videos, but I notice a little speed drop.

Thanks for an informative article and a pictogram!
ZoogVPN works just fine for unblocking US Netflix on all their premium US VPN servers – about 5 of them!
On top of it BBC iPlayer and ITV Hub also work. I checked your review fro ZoogVPN and for streaming it looks decent – you mentioned it works with US Netflix and offers above average speeds, so wondering why not include them on the working list here? Cheers

German location: I am currently using Strong DNS service through a dedicated router. BBC Iplayer was working fine on my amazon firestick up until 2 weeks ago and it’s now completely blocked. Strongvpn acknowledge this. and „ are working on a solution“ . strangely it works on my iPad and i am able to mirror it to my Sony tv using airplay app on the tv, Can you recommend a vpn/dns Service that unblocks BBC Iplayer ?

There is a method for Ivacy where you go through their chrome extension and it worked for me just now. 29/11/2018. Using their client doesnt work and not sure about Firefox but for the chrome extension at least Ivacy is 100% working.

I’m looking specifically for a VPN that works with Netflix Australia, but it doesn’t appear you’ve done any testing with that. I’ve been using Private Internet Access (PIA) which worked beautifully until a few weeks ago. Would you consider doing some testing for Australian VPN servers and including the results here?

I’ve tried Surfshark and StrongVPN from your list, – as of now both do unlock Netflix for various regions. Surfshark unlocked USA Netflix and I tried accessing BBC for UK content, – no troubles there as well. I just noticed you based them in Panama, they’re based in The British Virgin Islands, just as good anyway, no data retention laws.